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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Allende have in the early days of her marriage to Michael?

2. What document did Allende send to Willie?

3. Where does Allende's lover want to run away to?

4. Who does Allende's mother befriend while on retreat?

5. Ernesto has a dream where Paula appears and asks him to ________________.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the author's use of point of view in this story. Identify the point of view used and explain why this book qualifies. How would the book have changed if the author had selected a different point of view?

Essay Topic 2

What was the nature of Meme's spirituality? How did it exhibit? Do you think it was authentic? Or was it the vivid imagination of a gifted storyteller? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

As a young girl, Allende loved to escape her world through reading and telling stories and this becomes an important theme throughout the book. Name at least two other themes in the journal entries and cite two examples for each to support your answers.

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